Somerset holiday village fire

Four people were taken to hospital yesterday morning (2nd January) following a fire at a holiday village in Somerset. Fire crews were called to the Brean Sands Holiday Village, near Weston-super-Mare, at around 2am after three chalets caught fire. Four holidaymakers were taken to Weston General Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, while another was treated at the scene by paramedics.

A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson revealed that chalets near the blaze also suffered heat damage.

Pete Golding, the fire incident commander, told BBC News: "We've got fire investigation teams coming back later in the day to find out the cause, but at the moment it's not being dealt with as a deliberate fire, it's believed to be accidental."